BIO 1140 Lecture 2: Reflective Journal #1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1140
• Professor: Caroline Petit- Turcotte

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For example, a community in sulawesi, indonesia keep their dead within their homes for as long as a few years, believing death to be akin to a drawn-out sleep. To people outside this community, this behavior could seem undeniably unusual and unquestionably bizarre. This goes to illustrate the spectrum that socially acceptable behavior lies on across human cultures and individuals. Often times, the social norms of one community may directly contradict that of another. Where one culture may encourage extroversion and unabashed openness, another may advocate keeping to oneself and strictly adhering to respect for other peoples(cid:859) perso(cid:374)al spaces.